Medical Definition of Lateral corticospinal tract

1. Those fibres of the pyramidal tract that cross to the opposite side in the pyramidal decussation and descend in the dorsal half of the lateral funiculus of the spinal cord; they are distributed throughout the length of the spinal cord to interneurons of the zona intermedia of the spinal gray matter. See: pyramidal tract. Synonym: tractus corticospinalis lateralis, tractus pyramidalis lateralis, crossed pyramidal tract, fasciculus corticospinalis lateralis, fasciculus pyramidalis lateralis, lateral corticospinal tract, lateral pyramidal fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lateral Corticospinal Tract

lateral cerebral fossa
lateral cerebral sulcus
lateral cervical nuclei
lateral circumflex artery of thigh
lateral circumflex femoral artery
lateral circumflex femoral veins
lateral collateral
lateral collateral ligament of ankle
lateral column
lateral column of spinal cord
lateral condylar inclination
lateral condyle of femur
lateral condyle of tibia
lateral cord of brachial plexus
lateral corticospinal tract (current term)
lateral costal branch of internal thoracic artery
lateral costotransverse ligament
lateral cricoarytenoid
lateral crus of facial canal
lateral crus of horizontal part of the facial canal
lateral crus of the greater alar cartilage of the nose
lateral crus of the superficial inguinal ring
lateral cuneate nucleus
lateral cuneiform bone
lateral curvature
lateral cutaneous branch
lateral cutaneous branches of intercostal nerves
lateral cutaneous branches of ventral primary ramus of thoracic spinal nerves

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